The paucity of training programs in professional geropsychology perpetuates the severe shortage of qualified mental and behavioral health professionals, including psychologists, to provide services to America's aging population and the growing number of racial and ethnic minority elders. These shortages will only become more troublesome as the population ages and the demand for specialized mental health services increases. Currently, only 3% of practicing psychologists viewed geriatric patients as their primary professional target (Qualls, et al., 2002). The best estimate of currently practicing geropsychologists – 700, falls far short of the current need for 5,000 to 7,500 geropsychologists (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2007). As noted above, the availability of professionals are equally poor for geropsychiatry and geriatric medicine (Ackermann, 2008).